Hurricane season officially starts June 1, but the Gulf of Mexico is already churning up tropical activity. With slightly above-average activity predicted for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Entergy Texas wants you to know it is ready to safely and quickly restore power should a storm strike our area.
Mother Nature is bringing on the heat, and summer isn’t even here yet!
For the past seven years, Entergy Texas customer Melissa Delgado of Conroe has participated in Entergy’s Super Tax Day events to get her taxes done for free. It is one of many events held as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program – a program sponsored in part by Entergy.
Some people cringe when they hear the following two words: Science Fair. It conjures up memories of spending hours researching, writing and creating the “perfect project board,” either for themselves or their children.
Earlier this week, Entergy Corporation’s internal cyber-security monitoring systems detected issues on its corporate network. The issues have been isolated, a remedy has been deployed, and the systems are coming back online.
The $150,000 Entergy Texas grants that were announced for Hurricane Harvey relief before Thanksgiving is literally spreading joy across Southeast Texas.
Entergy employees brightened up the City of Orange this past weekend with their “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”-themed parade float. The event was part of the 69th Annual Christmas Parade presented by the Kiwanis Club of Orange.
Congratulations to Mike Davis, lineman from Woodville, Texas!
As we honor all veterans on Nov. 13, we salute Butch Brown for his dedicated service.
This afternoon, 64,801 Entergy Texas customers were without power, down from a peak this morning of over 80,000. Currently, there are 4,322 customers that are without power and are unable to be restored at this time due to high water. Entergy has restored 128,664 outages since Harvey began impacting our area on Friday. Our crews continue to safely restore power as quickly as possible.
This morning, more than 83,000 Entergy Texas customers were without power. Currently, there are 4,956 customers that are without power and not accessible to be restored due to high water access issues. Entergy has restored 110,697 outages since Harvey began impacting our area on Friday and our crews continue to safely restore power as quickly as possible.
Tropical Storm Harvey began affecting Southeast Texas Friday night and continues causing new power outages for Entergy Texas customers. Harvey is expected to move farther inland near Galveston on Wednesday, August 30th as a 50 mph tropical storm. Additional outages are expected as the storm moves through.
While back-to-school time usually means the end of summer, Mother Nature has the final say-so as to when the excessive summer heat will end. It’s never too late to take control of your cooling costs!
This summer’s Beat the Heat Program was deemed “fan-tastic” by the agencies who received 1,300 fans, courtesy of Entergy Texas.